Ferry-mooring device.



G. W. HARNEY.

FERRY MOORING DEVICE.

' APPLICATION FILED num, 1911.

Patented sept. 12, 1911.`

NVENTOR @ear WITNESSES COLUMBIA PMNOUIAPH C0., WAIHIMTDN, D. C4

GEORGE WALTER HARNEY, 0E PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA.

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Specicaton of Letters Patent.

FERRY-MOORING DEVICE.

Patented sept. is, 1911.

Application led February 1, 1911. Serial No. 605,956.

To all whom 'it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. I-IARNEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Portsmouth, in the county of Norfolk and State of Virginia,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ferry- Mooi-ingIevices, of which the following is a specification, reference being hadtherein to the accompanying drawing.

rI`his invention relates to ferry mooring devices, the object in viewbeing to provide simple, effective and reliable mechanism under thecontrol of the pilot in the pilot house or other convenient place on theferry boat, whereby, upon the ferry boat entering its dock or slip, themooring mechanism may be thrown into operation at the proper moment toretain and fasten the boat securely in place and in proper relation tothe bridge or dock, the entire mechanism being under the immediatecontrol of the pilot.

A further object of the invention is to provide simple and reliablemeans for releasing the mechanism and moving the same 5 out of the waywhen not in use.

Vfith the above and other objects in view, the nature of which will morefully appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in thenovel construction, combination and arrangement of parts herein fullyillustrated and described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a diagrammatic plan view of asuiiicient portion of a ferry boat and dock and bridge to show theapplication of the present in vention. Fig. 2 is a vertical crosssection through the same on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sideelevation of one end of the boat illustrating by full and dotted linessome of the operating connections.

Similar reference characters are employed to designate correspondingparts throughout the views.

Referring to the drawing, 1 designates a ferry boat which has a pilothouse 2 from which the mooring mechanism is controlled, the ferry boatbeing shown moored in its slip that includes the fender racks 3 atopposite sides of the slip and the usual bridge 1 that is shaped tocorrespond to the end of the ferry boat. It will be noted that thefender racks are spaced from the bridge l so as to provide recesses oropenings 3a into which the mooring devices are adapted to enter andengage the ends of the fender racks to lock the ferry boat in its mooredposition, as clearly shown in Fig. 1.

Mounted on the ferry boat 1 at opposite sides of the bow are mooringdevices in the form of hooks 5 that are projectable outwardly in alateral direction to enter the recesses 3a and engage the ends of thefender racks 3, said hooks being fulcrumed in suitable bearing bracketson the deck or other suitable part of the ferry boat. rIhese hooks arenormally retracted and are adapted to be thrown to locking position byany suitable mechanism that is under the control of the pilot of theboat from the pilot house 2.

In the present instance, the hook-operating mechanism includes anendless cable 8 that is connected with arms 7 with which the hooks 5 areprovided. The cable 8 runs around suitable guide pulleys 9, 10 and 11and between the pulleys 11, a take-up weight 12 is attached to thecables preferably by means of a pulley block 13 which will insure theeasy operation of the device, said weight serving, by drawing on thecables, to swing the lever arms 7 and the hooks 5 from the full lineposition of Fig. 1 to the dotted line or retracted position shown in thesame figure.

The double cable is provided with a rearwardly-extending bight orloopvll which passes around a pulley 15 on the forward end of a pistonrod 16 which extends longitudinally of the boat and is provided with apiston 17 working in a steam cylinder 18 to which steam is admittedthrough a steam supply pipe 19 for the purpose of forcing the piston 17rearward and drawing on the cables in a direction which will cause thehooks to be projected into engagement with the fender racks. The steamsupply pipe 19, which may be fed from the boiler or other suitablesupply, is provided adjacent to the cylinder 18 with a three-'way valve20 controlled by a rod 21 which extends upward into the pilot house 2,lwhere it is provided with an operating lever 22. Although the mooringhooks are shown as operated by a single motor, it is obvious that thehooks can be independently operated by each hav ing its own mechanismcontrolled from the pilotI house.

As soon as the vessel enters the dock and is in proper relation to thebridge thereof, the pilot by means of the lever 22 allows steam to enterthe cylinder 18, thereby drawing backward the pulley 15 and throwing thehooks 5 outward into engagement with,

rions heights. The mechanism as a whole is also under the direction andimmediate control of the man in the pilot house.

F rom the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawing,

the advantages of the construction and of themethod of operation will bereadily apparent to those skilled in the artto which the inventionappertains, and while I have described the principle of operation of theinvention, together with the device which I now consider to be the bestembodiment thereof, I desire to have it understood that t-he deviceshown is merely illustrative, and that such changes may be made whendesired as are within the scope of the claims appended hereto.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim asnew, is

1. A boat provided with normally retracted mooring devices movablymounted to be projected laterally from the sides of the boat, yieldingmeans for normally holding the devices retracted and operating to returnthe 4devices from projected to retracted position,

and a motor operatively related to the devices and capable of acting inopposition to the said means for proj ect-ing the devices to mooringposition. p 2. A ferry boat provided with mooring hooks, a motormechanism connected with the hooks for throwing the same outwardly tomooring position, a pilots controller for the motor, and meanscooperating with the motor mechanism to retract the mooring hooks.

3. A ferry boat provided with a mooring hook mounted to swing outwardlyand rearwardly to mooring position, a mechanism I, for operating thehook including a motor for moving the hook to mooring position, andmeans connected with the hook for retracting the same when the motor isreleased.

4. A ferry boat provided with a mooring hook, a motor operativelyconnected with the hook for throwing the same to mooring position, andseparate means for retracting the hook when the motor ceases operating.

5. A ferry boat provided with a mooring hook, a cable connectedtherewith, and coaetiiig motor devices bot-li connected with the cablefor projecting and retracting the hook.

6. A ferry boat provided with a mooring device adapted to be projectedlaterally from the boat to mooring position, a motor for moving the hookto mooring position, and a weight connected with the hook for retractingthe same .when the motor ceases operating.

7. A ferry boat provided with a mooring hook projectable laterallytherefrom, a cable connected with the hook, a weight attached to thecable for yieldingly holding the hook retracted, and a motor connectedwith the cable for projecting the hook against the pull of the saidweight.

S. Aferry boat provided with laterallyprojectable mooring hooks,a cableconnected with both hooks, means for guiding the cable, a weightattached to the cable and acting on both hooks to hold the sameretracted, and a controllable motor operative through the cable toproject the hooks to mooring position against the pull of the saidweight.

9. A ferry boat provided with mooring devices adapted to engage a` ferryslip, an endless cable connected with the devices, means attached to thecable and normally operated on the devices to hold the same ininoperative position, and a controllable motor operating through thecable to throw the devices to and hold them in operative positionagainst the effect of the means.

l0. The combination o-f a ferry boat, mooring devices disposed atopposite sides thereof, an endless cable extending transversely to theferry boat and connected with the devices, and alternately acting meansconnected with the cable for throwing the devices to and from operativeposition.

ll. The combination of a fei'ry boat, mooring devices disposed atopposite sides thereof, an endless cable extending transversely to theferry boat and connected with the devices, means connected to the cablefor yieldingly holding the devices in retracted positio-n, and acontrollable motor connected with another portion of the cable formoving the devices to operative projected position against the eifect ofthe said means.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE WALTER HARNEY.

IlVitnesses W. W'. ETHERIDGE, G. T. PRUDEN.

Copes.of this patent may be obtained for five cents-each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. C.

